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The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-17
|0N NTHETRAGEDY
Resist Tyranny and You Are
an Anarchist" Obey and
You Are a Good Citizen.
A WOMAN WHO is A THINKER
She Wants to be Put Down In Capitals
as a Believer In the Doctrines
OF Socialism.

For the ENQUIRER.
There seemsto be no doubt oil
the revolution of public sentiment
in favor of the principles which &c
to makeup a "so-called anarchist"
a revolution which is be counted
on and follows as surely on the
great tragedy at Chicago on No
vember II. AS that tragedy was
the sequel of the warlike feeling
propagated by a corrupt public
opinion wholly and purposely
manufactured by and in the inter
ests of capital, or rather money,
thousands Of people who were
heard from through the pAblic
press demanded the murder OF
these men;-to "avenge" the
death of the policemen killed by
the bomb; to svindicate the law"
ito teach foreigners a lesson;" ito
make property secure" ETC., etc.,
while other thousands who were
not heard from through the capi-
talistic press were opposed to the
infringement upon constitutional
rights heretofore considered the
correct principle in a republic
"the right of free speech shall
not be abridged" and who re-
membered one who said, "Ven-
geance is mine-I will repay"
The Denver MeaOs of November
Io, says, editorially: "If the truth
were understood the anarchists OF
the country would get very little
sympathy from law-abiding men
or women" The fact is the truth
has made us free" and the knowl-
edge of the true situation as be-
tween the wage workers and their
self-elected bosses is what has Gre
ated the sympathy and converted
hundreds of thinking people, OF
the best in the land, either legally,
socially or financially considered,
to the principles which the intelli-
gent wage workers, under the lead
ership of such as dare take their
lives in their hands and 60 forth
to teach them, are trying to estab-
lish.
The dissemination of labor pa
pers who will stick to the princi-
Piles of elevated and elevating So
cialism is already very great, but
we need ten times more circula-
ton for all such fearless advocates
as the LABOR ENQUIRERs of both
Denver and Chicago, and many
others, as well as the cheap
pamphlets being furnished to all
who will read and learn.
1t were vain for the Mfa0s to re-
view the dreadful massacre Of
hired police at the Haymarket; to
count the number Of pieces of
shell that tore them. and their
dreadful sufferings; or to endeavor
to turn the, public conscience
aside by demanding revenge for
these injuries, when we "remem-
Der" also the thousands of starr
ing men. women and children
the multitudes killed in railway
accidents, the oppressed who de-
mand justice, all the work of the
same greedy corporations who
sent these hired police in their
fine uniforms, with gins IN hen
hands, to interfere in a>peaceable
open-air meeting of the people,
and to order them to disperse.
The iaaU, made by their masters to
enslave the people. and the Orde,
sent by them to the people that
any attempt to resist these laws
will be so-called anarchy" punish
able with death. We are indeed
tired of such "law and order
The Labor enquirer., 1887-12-17
A REVIEW.
Hilps Principles and FalIa-
cies Of Socialism" Ably
Dissected
ITS POOR STOCK ARGUMENTS.

AAc OMtnlhAAm& A0ru 00u0Vo tM0
Widest and Most Foolish Anti
Socialist Consoctions.
For the Enquirer.
1t has ever been that the great
enemy TO- progressive movements
has not been reasoned opposition,
but the blindest prejudice, the re-
suit of ignorance so Grass that in
after ages it has seemed almost
incredible that men, otherwise
seeming intelligent, could hive
imagined it. Not merely has it
been negative ignorance, the
mere lack Of knowledge, but fan
cies of the widest and most i'm
probable kind, entirely based on
error yet firmly believed in.
Everyone knows the vile SLAM
ders that were invented with re-
spect to the early Christians in
Rome, and how the average Ro-
man citizen of that day quite hon.
estly believed them, as they agreed
with his natural prejudice, and he
did not care enough toinvestigate
the matter for himself.
Every Socialist knows that the
labor movement, resembling in
many points that of the primative
Christians; at least resembles it
entirely in this respect, that it
suffers equally from persecution
and Misrepresentation, the results
of ignorance and prejudice. True,
the methods are not quite the
same, such high-handed outrages
as the recent murders in Chicago
being at present exceptional, and
it is more frequent to find oppo-
position in the form of erroneous
yet credited statements, and logic
which though it satisfies our op
ponent is not worthy of a child.
An example Of this latter is a
little book published two years
ago by Lowell, and very generally
circulated, entitled Principles and
Fallacies of Socialism," by David
|. Hill. This volume consists of
series of papers which first ap-
peared editorially in the Pittsburg
Con,mereial- Gazette, and is design
ed as compendious statement of
Socialistic principles and the falla-
cies involved therein. No less
than eleven of the "stock argu-
ments" against Socialism are trot-
ted out to serve this purpose; it
will be interesting to examine
some of them.
In chapter second the classifi-
cation of society into ayistoeyacy
(drones) }, dovgoisie (robbers) and
byoleta,1at (plundered slaves) is
shown Ito the satisfaction of the
-author) to be fallacious on the
ground that a man may belong to
more than one class at time-he
may receive part of his income
from inheritance, part from some
capitalistic venture and yet a third
part from the result of his own
work, for which he is not suffi-
ciently paid. Having this very
obvious fact in view our author
Immediately says of the classi6ca-
ton. "lts arti6ciallity and utter
uselessness become instantly ap-
parent (D;" and further: IN
America there are no classes cor
responding to the three enumerat-
ed (!D." This is jumping at con-
clusicns with a vengeance! l
! would call DR.. Hills attention to
the following argument, based up
on the line he has himself set
down. DR.. Hill is a writer; Joe
Stiggens is writer: here are two
professions which have been class
ed separate. But Joe Stiggins
only burgles at night, and writes
during the day. therefore he is
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
Excursion to Manchester, Iowa.

The Illinois Centrall r. X. will
name a rate of one fare for the
refund trip from all its points IN Iowa
Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mis-
sissippi and Louisiana, TO the annual
Convention and Exposition of the
National Butter, BheeSe and Egg
Association. to be held at Mauches-
ter, Iowa, Novemb er I, 2 and 8.
Tickets will be on sale from Oct 31st
to Nov. 9Th, good 10 return until
Nov. 9Th. The Iowa State Assocla-
ton will also hold its annual meet
ing at the same time and place.
Manchester is the champion local
butter market of the West, and Del
aware county, Iowa, is the banner
butter county. The citizens of
Manchester are sparing no pains or
expense to make this the largest and
most successful convention of the
kind ever held in the nation. Ac~
CON mOdations will be provided or
all at moderate prices, and the Ex>
position alone will be worth ten
times the expense of attending to
any c-eameryman. Exhibitors will
pay regular freight rates to Man.
chester, and returning they Will be
billed free to any point from which
they were shipped. Cream-separators,
churns and cheese apparatus will be
run by steam power, show ing exact
ly what each machine can do. Peo~
pie of the South engaged in the
creamery or dairy industry. should
not fail 10 attend this great gather
ing of representative dairYmen'
Manchester sends a cordial invita-
tion t. all. For circulars, programs,
rates, ETC., apply to J. F. MERRY, |
GenT, West. Pass Ag,t., Banches~
ter. Iowa, or to che undersigned at
New Orleans, Louisiana.
J. w. COLEMAN,
A. q. P. A.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
NOW is THE TIME.
Let us Take Steps. ReA-
sons Why We Should.

If we could secure a spur track
from the Midland road to Bolivar II
would be Of incalculable advantage.
We could then afford to give one
dollar per bale more for cottan7
because we could lay it down IN
Memphis for one dollar less than now
changed One dollar more per baAe.
on the cotton of our farmers in Har.
deman would be save sf at least
SIG, 600 to them every year.
There was a time when this town
cot cotton from North Mississippi
and from McNairY county. The
building of the Memphis d Charles
ton and the Mobile and Ohio raal>
roads took this trade from us.
If we could now get direct con-
nection with Mem phis, we could
recover much Of that lost trade; be-
cause we could get rates to Memphis
as favorable as Salisbury or Mid>
dIeton or other points, and the seller
would find here even better adYau :
tages than these towns afford.
1t is said that the Midland road
Will equip and run the line if we
will grade it. The distance is only
twelve miles, and will pay BOh@nT
and the citizens along the line to de
this. If we refuse, we shall be GRIT
about by a Gordon Of railroads that
may destroy our trade and our
town.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
SOW In GRASSES AND RENT.

There are many farmers in Har-
de who have fields that are
badly worn. Some of the farms
are small and their owners do not
feel that they can cease to plant
Germ and cotton every year. They
know that they scarcely realize a
good living by cultIvating the en-
tire farm in these important products;
therefore, they 90 on from year to
year, the soil growing poorer
and poorer and the owner growing
the same way, Now, would it not
be we'll enough to call halt? You
own stock. Suppose you rent some
good land, if any can be found
near by, and SOW your poor fields in
clover. The clover crops will iced
your stock while you make a crop
some where else that will perhaps,
after paying the rent, leave you
about as much corn and cotton as
you would have COTTON from your
own poor fields. In three or four
years your lands Will be restored tC
their original fertility, and you will
also have about you an abundance
of fat stock. If you can not rent
good land in the community, you
can engage in some other enterprise
until your fields are restored.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
One Mans Power When
He Controls the Te1e-
graph.

The apparent fact that the sale
of the Baltimore & Ohio Telegraph
to Jay Gould has been conSumma-
ted is calculated to excite the graVest
aPprehensiens in regard to the MON
ey power that one man may possess.
The te egrsphs of the country carry
Intelligence re aiding every trans
action in business, every act Of the
Government, every movement In
politics, every important personal
and dOIaeStic relation. With tele~
graphic keyboard in Jay Gould's
back office, he will have his finger
on every pulsatiOn of trade, of f.
nance, of politics, of official action
and of domestic life. He who shall
own the telegraphs of the country
can advance or depress prices, by
which thousands or millions may De
ruined IN an hour; he may control
the Government itself: his evil or
unclean presence may be
felt in every home. Possibly one
man might not abuse this stupen-
dous grasp on the vitaIs of the coun-
try; but other men would, and it is
too great a danger to foreses with
eOmplacency.
It's evident that if competition
and all its results are to be exclude
cd from private administration of
such a great public service as a telO-
graph, the Government must inter
vene for the protection of the PEG.
pie. But the United States mus
not buy existing lines Telegraph
lines could be established to every
point reached by the We-tern Union
over every railway and post road
for a one tenth part of the nominal
value of Jay Gould's combination.
A Telegraph Office should be placed
in every important POstOfics and at
every railway station IN the country
for SUM of money that would not
sena'bly reduce the surplus in the |
United States Treasury.
The work should bs undertaken
at once, unless monopoly removes
and keeps It's greedy and oppressive |
hands off from the existing lines-i
Chicago JOurnal |
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
Give ms ReIieF.

Congress will soon meet. The
question Of tariff reform will be re-
vived The people expect that sYs-
tenn of taxation u be enth ely over
hauled. We have borne the bur-
.den,of war taxes long enough: Cut
down the revenue as low as possible
Itls TO be hoped that no democrat
will give his sanction to high tariff
continuance. An jobs and schemes
10 vote out the money IN order to
Derpetnate a protective tariff ought
20 be slaughtered 1t once by demo-
Gratis The Democratic party prom
iced relief. Upon that promise it
ras elevated to poEer- Can It SO
b.ssre the people next summer with
. clean record, unless 1t carries out
chat pledge
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
A Sound Mind in a Sound Body

Science and philosophy have GxhauSte d
themselves in profound trsatises to deter
mIne the Just relation between mind and
matter, between body and soul, hsw te
preserve the equilibrium between tae two,
and how to restore it when it is lost by
sickness of the body, This great probes
has successfully been solved by gentle
man in North Carolina, by experience on
himself, proving that an ounce of Pract-
ical experience is worth several pounds
of scientific or philosophical theorizing.
Mr.. Hamlin is one of the best known in
sur ancs men in Winston, n, c,
Gentlemen-Ever since l Was seven
years of age have had what the doctors
call hip disease, and which call white
swelling. Ny hip was drawn out Of
place. There was a swelling at the knee
joint, where there is profuse running,
which has hssn there Tor years. Of course
this has greatly depleted my system, to-
gether with surgical operation on the leg
bone. / tried every known blood purifier
to build up my system, but none did me
good until 1 took 8. S. s. l uss it every
spring. 1t always builds me up. giving
me aPpeti to and digestion; and enables
me to stand the long, trying. eneryatins,
hot summer days. TO me there is no
such medicine for purifying the blood
and building up the wasted system as S.
s. S. On using it soon became strong Of
body and easy Of mind. My color changes
from pale, worn look to i healthy, ro-
bust complexion.
Yours, verv truly, NJ. S. HAaLIN.
Winston, N. c. April IL, 1887.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free. Tor sale by all druggists.
Tim SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8
Atlanta, Ga.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
NONRESIDENT NOTICE.

In the County Court of Hardeman Co.
Tennessee.
B V. Hudson, ct ais. VS., Heirs of Thos.
w. Hudson, decd. No. 1926 r. D.
IN this cause it appearing from the
Apetition viii is sworn to that the
defendants Betsy Crossitt and her husband
- Crossitt, the unknown heirs of
Mrs. Margret Crawford, the unknown
heirs of Mrs. Mary Worrell, Mrs. Kate
johnson and her husband J. g. johnson,
and the unknown heirs ct Mrs. Matte
Baker are non-residents of the State of
Tennessee. 1t is ordered that publication
be made for four succ essive weeks in the
BoLIvAR BULLETIN newspaper publish
ed at Bolivar, I ennessee, requiring said
defendants to enter their appearance here
in by or within the first three days OF the
November term 1887, of the County Court
of Hardeman County, Tennessee, to be
held at Bolivar, Tenn, On Monday the
7th day of November, 1887 and plead an
swer or demur to the petition in this
cause or the sa me will be taken for con-
fessed as to them and set for hearing
ex parte. This LIST October, 1887.
W. w. FARLEY, c. 6 n.
r. Fentress, Attorney for Petitioners.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
NON RESIDENT NOTICE.

In the County Court of Hardeman Co.
Tennessee.
Isaac w. Pirtle, ct ais, vs.. Wylie Jones
ct ais. Petition to sell land for division.
No. 1897 RID.
I'm this cause il appearing from the
petition which is sworn to that the
defendants Wylie Jcnes and wife Sally
Jones and james Pirtle are non-residents
of the State of Tennessee. 1t is ordered
that publication be made for four success
sive weeks in the Bolivar, Bulletin a
newspaper published at Bolivar, Tenn
requiring said defendants to enter their
appearance herein by or within the first
hree days of the November term 1887, of
the County Court of Hardeman County,
Tennessee, to be held at Bolivar, Tenn,
on Monday the 7th day of November;
1887, and plead answer or demur to the
petition in this cause or the same will be
taken for confessed as to them and set for
hearing exparte. This October 4th 1887.
w. w. FARLEY, g. & NJ.
Wood & McNeal, Atty for Petitioners.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
N-RESIDENr NOTICE.

In tie County Court Of Hardeman Co.
Tennessee.
Il. J Pirtle and wife ct ais. vs.. A. J.
Toone, ct ais Petition to cell land for
division. No. 1895 r, D.
In this cause it appearing from the
petition which is sworn to that the defen-
dants, J, w. Toone, Al. TOone, David
Thorn and wife Mary Them are non
residents of the State of Tennessee. 1t is
ordered that publication be made for
four succ essive weeks in the Bolivar Bull
letin newspaper published at Bolivar
Tennessee, requiring said defendants to
enter their appearance herein by or with
IN the first three days of the Move mbe
term 1887 of the County Court of Harde-
man County, Tennessee, to be held at
Bolivar, Tennessee, on MonlaY the 7th
day of November, 1887, and plead answer
or demur to the petition in this caus or
the same will be taken for confessed az to
themand set for hearing ex parte. This
4th of Oct. 1887.
w. w. FARLEY, c. & M.
Wood & McNeal, Atty for Petitioners.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
The Physicians have Found out

That communicating and foreign ele-
ment in the blood, developed by indiges-
ton, is the cause of Rheumatism. This
settles upon the sensitive sub-cutaneous
covering of the muscles and ligaments of
the joints, causing constant and shifting
pain, and aggregating as a calcareous,
chaIky deposit which produces stiffness
and distortion of the joints. No fact which
experience has demonstrated in regard to
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has stronger
evidence to support than this, namely,
that this medicine of comprehensive uses
checks the formid4 BILE and atrocious dis
ease. Nor is it less positively established
hat it is pre- fe rabIc to the poisons ofte
used to arrest it, since the medicine con-
tains only salutary ingredients. 1t is also
a signal re nedy tor malarial fevers, con-
stiPation, dyspepsia, kidney and bladder
ailments, debility and other disorders. See
that you get the genuine.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
JACKSON, TENT
ASTONISHING SUCCESS.

1t is the duty of every perSon who
has used Boschee's German Syru D
to let its wonderful qualities be
known to their friends in curing
Consumption, severe Coughs, Group
Asthma, Pneumonia, and in fact
all throat and lung diseases. No
person can use it without immedi-
ate relief. Three doses will relieve
any case, and we consider it the
duty of all Druggists to recommend
it to the poor, dying consumptive,
at least to try one bottle, as 10000
dozen bottles were sold last year,
and no one case where il failed was
reported. Such medicine as tine
German Syrup cannot be too widely
known. Ask your druggist about
it. Sample bottles to try, sold at
10 cents. Regular size, 70 cents
Sold by all Druggist and Dealers,
in the United States and Canada
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
La WIess Ants.

Last Sunday night parties went tt
the house of John Burns, ut Fla
Cap, this county. and demolished his
shed ana tore the root f. ON his
house, Mr.. Burns had just complet-
cd the building ami Was ready to 0 .
cupy it. We are Informed that q
certain party in that section ha !
told Buns th-t if he failed to vote
the anti ticket that his house would
be torn down. There is no excuse
for such conduct as this, and h.
guilty should suffer the penalty of
the law. The election is now over
and the feeling it engendered should
Bubside. No matter which way a
rnsn voted, bis right is not to be
questioned. Clifton Times.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21

A San Francisco Ju dge has ruled
a reporter may not be ordered TO re-
veal the sources of his information.
1t is estimated that So, 900 worth
of hogs, have died in Henry coun-
ty, Ill =, this fall. with hog cholera,
and the disease 10 still spreading.
Young Edwin Gould, the second
son of the great inancier, has juel
turned twenty-one and been elected
a director of the Western Union
Telegraph Company.
The total number of visitors to
st. Louis last week was 1873, 900.
Mr.. Gould's Missouri Pacific Rail-
road carried $4,000 of these, and
still st. Louis abuses him.
4 romantic story comes from
Brooklyn about 8 oman who slOpg
ed frsm there with a co wbey and is
new queen among gang of cattle
punchers in the far west.
Ex-President Hayes is a happy
grandfather owing to the fact that
his son. B. A. Hayes, of Toledo,
was blessed with son and heir last
Sunday. This is the first grand
child of the ex-presldent.
The coffee. tree in its native cline,
eften grows to the height of twenty
to thirty feet. How would the old
coffee drinkers of Hardeman like to
be owners of an orchard of these
life exhilarating trees?
A Mercer county, Ky, farmer
sold his flock of sheep with the ex-
pectation of replacing them for less
money, but finding that he could
not do it, he gave $40 more than he
got for his own Rock back.
A discussion at late bee>keepers'
convention tended to show chat bes
keeping cannot lie recommended as
more than fairly profitable in dol
lars and cents, but is heaithtul OUT
door pursuit, which man or woman
can follow at home, and there are
few occupations that yield so much
enjoyment to the enthusiast.
Stephen w. RawsOn, = Chicago
banker. was shot down on the stone
nteps of his church in Chicago last
Sunday morning by his stepson,
Charles Lee. Mr.. RaRson had
sued his wife, Charles Less mother,
for a divorce. In his plea was a
charge Of adultery. This enraged
the stepson, and brought about the
tragic end.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
a Coed Thing.

If we had a spur track to the
Midland, We could buy goods in
Memphis, and retail them ut less
than our people would have to pay
for them at the retail houses in
Memphis No mere of our people
would visit Memphis then to pur-
chase goods than now DO. Let US
go to work and build it.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
he POniRd Up.

A col9rsd divine at Helena, Ark
recently refused to pay just debt
on the plea that it was barred by
the statute of limitations. As soon
as the deacons of the church learn
ed the fact, they met ana pas sed a
resolution not to GLOW him TO enter
the church until he had discharged
his obligations This brought him
to time. He Immediately gave
his check for the amount with In
terest. THIS is surely an effective
way to collects debt from preacher.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-10-21
THE OFFICIAL VOTE.


We give below by counties the
official vote of the state on the Pro-
hibition Amendment. The amount
when footed up show that, the
Amendment was defeated by 27,-
693 votes. But the count also shows
that the Amendment received 2004
votes more than was contemplated
to carry it. The act regulating the
vote required a majority of those
voting for representatives to carry
the Amendment. 115, 500 is a ma
jOrity of those vOting for represen-
fafivAa last wear.